Egg opener



April 20,1926. 1,581,789

A. CRISC! l EGG OPENER Fillgd sept. 15. 1925 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

ARTURO GRSC, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

nosv ernsten.

Application filed September and useful Improvements in an Egg Opener,

lthe supporting lug 2S.

of which the following is a spccitieation.

rlhe object or this invention is the production ot an eqgopener, by incluis or Whieh the shell of an egg can be quickly and easily removed from its inner portion, by said shell instead ot tracturingl it.

The organization of the invention coniprises essentially a plurality et knives hinged to an annular dise maintained in operative position around Vl-'t inovable ineinber is located above the knives and has extending therefrom projectingl lugs which contact with guide edges ot the l-:nives to string theni independently of cach other into and out ot the path ot the shell ot the egg' to be cut.

ln the accompanying drawings Fig. l represents a top plan viervv o't an exeinplilication of the egg opener; Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the opener; Fig. 3 is lett hand side view or' Fig. 2; Fig, 4- indicates a section of Fig'. l on the line 4, 4; and Fig. 5 shows an enlarged faginentary portion oli'Fig. 4l.

The egg opener comprises a housingl which is also its top ineniber and is designated in its entirety by the letter A, the intermediate nieniber designated in its entirety by the letter B, the annular bottom disc indicated in its entirety by the letter C and knives, each of which is designated in its entirety by Y the letter D.

rllhe top nieniber fr comprises the annulai- An annular outer portion 22 extends troni the portion 20. A depending; cylindrical Wall 2G extends troni the portion 22 and has orined therewith the clamping ears 2'? and A guide opening; 30 is torined in the wall 2G. An operating` handle 32 with the depending ilange 33 eis tends frein the annular portion 22.

I he intermediate member i3 comprises the annular portion 3S with the central, opening 39, the projecting lugs ll() and the operating handle ll with the depending flange- 42. The portion of the handle 4l adjacent to the annular portion 38 is guided in the guide opening 3() of the Wall26. The annular portion cutting` 15, 1523. Serial No. 662,878.

38 bears tu against the annular dise portion ot the member A.

rlhe annular bottoni dise C comprises the annular portion 4to with the central opening fl-' and the projection L18. 'lhe latter extends into the guide opening of the Wall 26.

'lhe knives Dare each'loosely supported "-f iu the bottoni disc C and are hinged thereto the thiinbles 5G. rlhe knives D bear fetncen 'the bottoni disc C and the intermediate ineniber` l. Each ot' the knives D has formed therewith the tooth 51 With the cutting end and the guide edge 53 and the hook end 5l..V Each of the edges 53 contacts with one of the projecting lugs of the` intermediate ineniber B, which in conjunction with the hook end 5l l eates each knife in proper position. A spring 55 has' its central portion connected to one of l he handles as 4l and its ends 56 and 57 reselectively bear against the depending flanges o and 4t2 and tends to separate the operating handles 32 and The ears 27 are bent over the dise C, to hold the latter and the ineinbers A and B in place. z

To use the eggeopener, it is held by the lug 28 and an egg indicated in part at 60, which is te have its shell cut is located in the openings 2l, 39 and 47. The operating handles 32 and il are then pressed toward each other against the tension of the spring 55, and the projecting lugs @t0 bearing against the guide edges 53, cause the cutting ends 52 oi the teeth 5l ot the knives D to independently project and swing into the central Opf-ming ot the opener and eut lthe shell of the egg. 'Vhen the operating handles are released, the cutting ends 52 are withdrawn troni the egg, by the eoaction of the projecting lugs 4.0, the guide edges 53 and the hook ends Having' described iny invention what I desire to secure by Let-ters Patent and claim is zl. ln an eggbpener the combination of an annult dise adapted to have an located in its opening, a plurality ot knives each With a tooth hinge-d to said disc,l a movable ineinbe-r in the egg opener havingprojecting lugs, said lugs adapted to contact With the knives, and thereby simultaneously swing said knives with their teeth.

2. In an egg-opener the .combination ot an annular stationary disc, a plurality of knives hinged to the disc, each of said knives having a guide edge and a movable interllO mediate membelhaving projecting lugs located over said knives, each of said lugs in. the path of the guide edge of one of the knives, said dise and intermediate member adapted to have an egg extending therethrough, said knives with the movement of the intermediate meinbereuttingthe shell of said egg.

3. In an egg-opener the combination of a top member with an annular' portion having al central openino', an operatinghandle e2;- tending from said top member, said rtop member havinga depending cylindrical Wall with clamping ears, an intermediate mem* ber having` an annular portion with a centralopening anclfhaving projecting lugs extending therefrom, the annular portion of the intermediate member located Within the Atop member and bearing up against the annular portion thereof, an operating handle extending from the intermediate member eoaoting with the other operating handle, a spring carried by one of the handles tending to separate them, an annular bott-om dise Within the top member and bearing up against the intermediate member and a plurality ofknives hinged to the dise and located in the path of the lugs of the intermediate member,ksaid clamping ears of the top member extending over said annular dise 'to maintain the top membr, the intermediate member and bottom dise in proper relation to each other.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, eity of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 29th day of August, A. D. 1923.

. ARTURO CRISCI. 

